No Longer Yours : 26 Trees Press : 9781732685741 : 1732685746 : 29 Nov 2018 : She's the sunny new teacher. He's the village curmudgeon. Is man's best friend the key to happily ever after? Cherry Waites never thought her idyllic marriage of ten years would end with divorce papers. Humiliated to finally discover her husband's year-long affair, she accepts a teaching position on a secluded island and hopes for a better life. But her new beginning hits a rocky start when she trips over a grump's beloved dog. Matteo Capen prefers the company of canines to people. Paranoid his isolated haven will become overcrowded, the self-proclaimed bachelor shares some choice words with the clumsy new schoolteacher he mistakes for a tourist. But when his dogs take a liking to her, the ice in his heart begins to melt. Though Cherry's eternal optimism rubs Matteo the wrong way, he gallantly steps in when her online dating attempts end in disaster. And as the winter storm season approaches, Cherry wonder